Looptblog

August 04, 2017

Neoprene: Making Excess Even More Useful

We’re always up for a good challenge — who isn’t? So, when we were faced with the task to find additional and alternative uses for our upcycled gear, we took the bite. After all, our motto is “Excess Made Useful.”

July 07, 2017

Support Eco-Friendly Businesses, Do Good

Where we spend our money matters. Supporting ethical brands that create products sustainably not only helps them succeed, but the more they succeed, the more other businesses will take notice. And if enough of us shop our values, we can enable social change at a high level.

July 05, 2017

Join the Movement to End Single Use Plastic #PlasticFreeJuly

Recently we became of a growing movement called Plastic Free July. A month long challenge, it’s aimed at raising awareness of the problems associated with single-use disposable plastic and challenges us all to reduce our usage

June 30, 2017

Employee Spotlight: Meet Una

Meet Una Rose! Part of the product development team here at Looptworks, Una helps us create and transform products from excess into great, useful products.

June 23, 2017

Made (Upcycled) in the USA

We make many of our products here in the USA. The bulk of our product development is performed in our workshop in Portland, Oregon. Products are designed, mocked up and sampled by our team of makers and sewers. 

May 05, 2017

A Happy Accident: the Story of the Mini Dopp Kit

Our new compact-sized dopp kit may have been the result of a happy accident, but it may just be the perfect size!

April 28, 2017

The Spring into Action Giveaway

25% of fresh water in the US is used to produce food that never gets eaten, simply because it isn't pretty to look at, despite being perfectly edible.

Because imperfect produce isn't sellable due to purely aesthetic appearances, many farms do not attempt to sell it, and simply throw it away.

April 22, 2017

Carbon Offsets: a new option to help neutralize our impact

We've teamed up with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to create options to further reduce our impact on the environment.

April 17, 2017

Earth Day 2017: Five things you can do to help the environment

Hopefully throughout the week leading up to Earth Day you’re out giving back to the environment locally, but here are a few things you can also do to help support pro-environmental policy.

April 14, 2017

Employee Spotlight: Meet Alex

Behind the Scenes: Meet Alex. Though relatively new to the Looptworks team, she's already gain office fame as the designer of our dopp kits.

March 28, 2017

Iceland Adventures: a trip to the land of fire and ice. (Or waterfalls, rainbows, sour beer and hot pools)

 Our friend Kelsi traveled to Iceland with her Northwest Upcycled Backpack and gives us the 411 on planning a trip.

February 14, 2017

The Green Games: Portland Trail Blazers + Looptworks Collaboration

What do you do with 4,000 obsolete game jerseys? If you're the Portland Trail Blazers and looking for a green solution, you call Looptworks, that's what.